What benefits does technology enhanced education offer - to our students, to our tutors and to our institutions?


We'll use this space to capture views from the floor in order to get us started thinking and talking about technology enhanced education.

Advantages for Academics
Flexibility
Gives time to respond with considered reflection - allows more 'slow time'
Enable greater reflection - deeper learning

Advantages for Students
Extend seminar opportunities
Everybody sees answers to questions
Employability skill - experience working in virtual teams
Stduets (and staff) can review material after the live event.
Making thinking visible
Making group working more visible

Institutions
Limits the barriers of geography - widening access, internationalisation
Cost - there's a commonly held belief that online learning is 'cheaper'